| Brahmin | — | The highest Hindu caste | ||
| Chapati | — | Flat, disc-shaped Indian bread | ||
| Dhoolie | — | A covered litter | ||
| Dhoti | — | Loin-cloth | ||
| Dubash | — | Literally ‘Two languages’, hence an interpreter or secretary | ||
| Dungri | — | Blue Indian cotton cloth | ||
| Feringhi | — | Foreigner | ||
| Kshatriya | — | The second highest and Hindu warrior caste | ||
| Pankration | — | Ancient manner of Greek combat, forerunner of Japanese Karate | ||
| Panchama | — | Literally, ‘the fifth’, people outside the four Indian castes. | ||
| Punkah | — | Overhead fan operated by rope | ||
| Sudra | — | People below the Hindu high castes | ||
| Topiwallah | — | Literally, men with hats; hence, foreigners | ||
| Vaisya | — | The third Hindu caste, the powerful merchant class |